Mysterious trailer teases Broadchurch season 3 footage

Almost two years after the crime drama’s second season premiere, BBC America has announced it will air the third season of the Chris Chibnall-created program sometime in 2017.

The network also debuted a short trailer in anticipation of the new episodes, which shows detective Alec Hardy (David Tennant), after 16 episodes of toiling away on Danny Latimer’s murder case, perched on the sun-kissed beaches of the show’s titular town as glimpses of supporting characters flash onscreen.

Though the prime suspect, Joe Miller, was found not guilty in the season 2 finale, Chibnall said fans shouldn’t expect to see a continuation of his narrative in upcoming episodes.

“I think that’s the end of his story,” he previously told EW. “I wouldn’t expect to see him in a third season.”

He continued: “All I can say is that I have a plan and it will be different again… [Tennant and Olivia Colman] are definitely coming back. You don’t work away from them in a hurry. And what’s lovely is that they really wanted to do a third season. I talked to them about what it was before we started doing season 2. So, yeah, they’ll be back.”